Slide 1 of 7 · Settling starter · Design Technology · Year 7
5 minutesSequencing and Punctuating a Safe Workshop Manufacturing Plan
In a Design Technology workshop, doing steps in the wrong order or writing confusing safety rules can ruin your workpiece or cause an injury. Today you will put 8 jumbled notes for making a line-bent acrylic key fob into a safe, punctuated manufacturing plan.
While the register is called: write your name, class and date on your worksheet, then read Section 1 of the stimulus sheet and answer the starter question in rough.
Starter question: Why must you drill the keyring hole on the pillar drill BEFORE you bend the acrylic at a 90-degree angle on the strip heater?
Slide 2 of 7 · Today’s brief and key connectives · Design Technology · Year 7
5 minutesWorkshop sequence and safety connectives
Clear workshop instructions use imperative (bossy) verbs at the start of steps and precise connectives to link each action to its safety precaution and reason.
| Connective | What job it does in a safety rule | Workshop example |
|---|---|---|
| before | Shows what check must happen first | Clamp the acrylic in a machine vice before switching on the pillar drill. |
| while | Shows a precaution needed at the same time | Wear heat-resistant gloves while holding warm acrylic over the strip heater. |
| so that | Explains the purpose of a safety step | Place scrap wood underneath the acrylic so that the drill bit does not chip the back edge. |
| otherwise | Warns what will go wrong if you skip the rule | Keep the protective paper on during filing, otherwise the vice jaws will scratch the surface. |
Slide 3 of 7 · Step 1: Sequence & time the 8 stages · Design Technology · Year 7
10 minutesStep 1: Put the 8 jumbled cards in order and add the times
Look at the 8 jumbled workshop cards (Cards A to H) on the stimulus sheet. Put them into the right manufacturing order (Stages 1 to 8) in Step 1, and add up the total time in minutes.
Worked first two rows:
- Stage 1: Card D · Mark out the cutting lines, bend line and hole centre on the protective film with a ruler and felt-tip pen (4 minutes).
- Stage 2: Card G · Cut just outside the waste line using a coping saw with the acrylic held low in a woodworker’s vice (6 minutes).
Slide 4 of 7 · Step 2: Join hazards & precautions with connectives · Design Technology · Year 7
10 minutesStep 2: Join hazards to precautions using connectives
Use the Hazard Cards in Section 3 of the stimulus sheet to complete Step 2. Write one well-punctuated sentence for each tool using the specified connective (before, while, so that, otherwise).
Worked first row (Pillar drill · connective: before):
“Clamp the flat acrylic blank securely in a machine vice and put on safety goggles before switching on the pillar drill.”
Slide 5 of 7 · Step 3: Punctuate & write the workshop card · Design Technology · Year 7
12 minutesStep 3: Fix run-on sentences and write the workshop card
The jumbled notes on the stimulus sheet had no capital letters, commas or full stops. In Step 3, write out the final 8-stage manufacturing plan clearly using imperative verbs, accurate punctuation and connectives.
Checklist for every stage you write:
- Start with a capital letter and an imperative verb (Mark, Clamp, Saw, File, Polish, Drill, Peel, Heat, Hold).
- Include the exact measurement or temperature (e.g. 5 mm drill bit, 160°C strip heater, 90° jig, 4-minute cooling wait).
- Include a connective linking the action to a safety or quality rule, and end with a full stop.
Slide 6 of 7 · Step 4: Quality control & self-check · Design Technology · Year 7
5 minutesStep 4: Explain two critical sequence rules
Complete Step 4 on your worksheet to explain what goes wrong if a pupil changes the sequence of two key stages, then check your work against the success criteria.
- Question (a): Why must you peel off the protective plastic film before putting the acrylic over the strip heater, but after filing and sanding?
- Question (b): If a workshop lesson is 50 minutes long and 8 minutes are needed for setting up and packing away, does your 36-minute plan fit? How many minutes of buffer time remain?
- Tick the Success Criteria checkboxes at the bottom of your worksheet.
Slide 7 of 7 · Plenary quick check · Design Technology · Year 7
3 minutesQuick check before you hand in your sheet
Check your sequence and time calculations against the summary below.
| Question | Correct answer |
|---|---|
| Correct order of the 8 jumbled cards | 1: D → 2: G → 3: B → 4: H → 5: A → 6: E → 7: F → 8: C |
| Total production time (including 4 min cooling) | 4 + 6 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 2 + 5 + 4 = 36 minutes |
| Why peel film off AFTER filing, BEFORE strip heater? | Protects surface from vice scratches during filing, otherwise it would melt and give off fumes on the 160°C strip heater |
| Buffer time left in a 50-minute lesson (with 8 min tidy-up) | 50 − 8 = 42 usable minutes; 42 − 36 = 6 minutes spare |